Semiochemical-based integrated pest management in agricultural and urban settings. Discovery and development of novel repellent/feeding deterrent and alternative antimicrobial agents for animal protection.

Major Project Activities:

My research currently focuses on developing sustainable integrated agricultural and livestock pest management technologies and disseminating useful information and technologies to customers/stakeholders. This research is one of components of ARS National Program 104 (Arthropod Pests of Animals and Humans) that involves basic and applied studies to solve high priority problems related to the loss of livestock productivity attributed to problems with food safety and manure-borne pathogen transmittal by insects. Another part of my research includes exploring novel biorational methods to control blood-sucking or other nuisance insect pests in dairy, agricultural and urban settings.